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Bowdoin College. 



THE 



Thirty- Fifth Anniversary 



OF THE 



CLASS OF 1849, 



July 10, 1884. 



Bowlom Gottege. 



THE 



Thirtv-Fifth Anniversary 



OF THE 



CLASS OF 1849, 



July 10, 1884. 



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New York ; 
A. H. Cafpey, Printer, 170 Broadway. 

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BOWDOIN COLLEGE, 

CLASS OF 1849. 
Meeting of 1884. 

The Class of '49 was small in numbers, and for a few years after 
graduation death was busy in its ranks. These and other misfortunes 
rendered it uncertain whether a sufficient number of the survivors 
of the Class could be brought together on the Thirty-fifth Anni- 
versary of graduating to make the meeting a success. In the begin- 
ning, it was agreed that if ten promised to attend, arrangements 
should be made for a meeting and a dinner. Eight promptly re- 
sponded to the Secretary's call. When the small number of survi- 
vors was taken into consideration, it was thought that eight would 
make a fair representation of the class, and so the Secretary care- 
fully made all necessary preparations for a meeting which was called 
at the Tontine on the evening of July 10th, 1884, at eight o'clock. 
The eight who had promised to attend were all on time, viz. : 
Adams, Cothren 1st, Cothren 2d, Deane, Eveleth, Jackson, Ware 
and Williamson. They had hardly looked each other squarely in 
the face, and through grizzly beards and some wrinkles, discov- 
ered the smooth-cheeked boys of thirty-five years ago, when a stran- 
ger made his appearance. After much perplexity and some guess- 
ing (mostly wrong) it began to dawn upon us that the stal- 
wart form of the stranger was no other than " Old Hob " of the 
past, and " General Hobson " of the present. This surprise and 
addition to our numbers added very much to the delight of the 
whole evening. 

It would seem that the Class of '49 furnished its full share of 
recruits for the war, viz. : Adams (seriously wounded), Burbank, 
Cothren 2d, Hobson (wounded), Hoole, Stanley (Professor in Mili- 



tary Academy) and Thompson (killed). Stanley and Hoole sup- 
ported the South ; the others, the North. 

It may be proper to add for the information of those who 
could not attend the meeting, that the nine who were present were 
strong, healthy-looking men, somewhat gray, and one or two, some- 
what bald. Six of them were oyer six feet tall. Robinson, Jones, 
Hinckley, and some others who did not attend, are also over six feet. 
Jackson was not quite. up to the standard height, but made up for 
this by his superior rotund proportions. Oothren 2d was the light- 
est weight, turning only 150 pounds, while Deane, the next, went 
fifteen pounds better. 

Leaving out these two, the remaining number would average 
190 to 200 pounds, and of fair proportions. 

The dinner was all that such a band of stalwarts could ask for. 

There was nothing to mar the pleasure and enjoyment of the 
meeting, which did not break up till after midnight, and every 
minute of this interval was crowded with the recital of some happy 
scenes through which the class passed before its final separation, 
and the reminiscences of those days. It must have been a great 
surprise to all to see how one incident in college life would sug- 
gest another that had slumbered thirty-five years, so that the enjoy- 
ment of the meeting may be summed up by saying that there was 
a continuous rapturous shout of laughter nearly five hours long. 

Before the meeting adjourned, a resolution was adopted to have 
another reunion five years hence on the fortieth anniversary. 

For a detailed account of the proceedings, the very happy 
review embodied in the history furnished by Deane is referred to, 
and follows immediately below, out of its alphabetical order. 



Deakb : 

Washington, D. 0., Aug. 8th, 1884. 
My Deak Cothren : 

I am sure I feel greatly obliged to you for the very generous offer 
you make to print the biographical sketches of our classmates, pro- 
vided we would seasonably send you the copy. But this offer, after 
all, is only a fair sample of the hearty interest you have taken in 
your classmates and our class record. If you and Joe Williamson 
had not held fast to these ideas, I am sure that the class of '49 
would have gone into College history almost without any record or 
token. 

I write out my own statement, not that it is a memorabilia but 
because I want to give a sketch of my life so that my classmates may 
know whither I have wandered in all these thirty-five years since 
graduation, what I have done, and my present condition and sur- 
roundings. 

After graduation I studied law in Portland in my brother 
Henry's office, also at the Harvard Law School, was admitted to the 
bar in Cumberland County, Maine, in 1852 ; practiced law in Yar- 
mouth, Maine, till the fall of 1852, then returned to Portland and 
entered into partnership with my brother Henry. In 1858, I rep- 
resented that City in the Legislature. In 1861, I dissolved said 
partnership and came to Washington. After some engagement in 
Government service I was appointed Examiner in the Patent Office, 
where I remained for several years ; then resigned, and have been 
for some ten years in the general practice of law before the U. S. 
Supreme Court and our District Courts — also attending to business 
before the Departments and the Patent Office. 

In August, 1871, I married Mrs. L. E. Ricks, formerly of Louis- 
iana, whose acquaintance I made here. We have one child — a 
son. 

I have taken a great interest in church matters and was one of 
the pioneer members of the First Congregational Church of this 
city, which began to be in 1864. For many years I have been one 
of its officers. The church has prospered in every way and is now 
apparently well founded with a property worth some $120,000, and 
a membership of about eight hundred. 



While I have not made a fortune nor played any great part in 
public or professional matters (on the contrary have led a very quiet 
and uneventful life), I have fairly tried to do my share in all the 
duties that have devolved upon me. 

I recall with most complete satisfaction our class reunion at 
Brunswick, Maine, July 9 and 10, last. My own enjoyment was 
very greatly enhanced by the splendid preparation I had in the 
pleasant journey from New York thither in company with yourself, 
Mrs. Cothren and Frank, and your brother Charles and his wife. 
Also, by the kind attentions and watchful care the said ladies had 
over my boy, William Wallace, during our sojourn in Brunswick. 

Our supper at the " Tontine " was a benediction. I do not think 
I lost a word that was said by our fellows — and I found in the in- 
spiration of those evening hours long forgotten college reminiscen- 
ces thronging and crowding up to my remembrance with the fresh- 
ness of the day before. 

Adams, now of Framingham, Mass., and an M. D., was the same 
identical " Zab," who was wont to delight us with snatches from 
the operas, and most inimitable recitals of charming extracts 
from Dickens ; and otherwise, by tongue or pen, displayed such 
rare humor and powers to please as to endear him closely to all 
the members of our class. But we had not before that evening 
known of his eventful army life and the fact that he rose to be a 
Colonel during the late war. 

Charles's remembrances of Mitchell and Ten Broeck, and his 
snatches of German poetry proves him once more " Coth. 1st." 
But I am sure I was puzzled to comprehend his story about farm- 
ing at Eed Bank, N". J., on land worth $250 an acre, and growing 
prosperous and happy over this yeoman life. But he deserves good 
luck and good usage and all sorts of prosperity and happiness. 

While your sober and more judicial view of the past and present, 
tinged, it is true, with the heartiest accord in the general jollity of 
the hour, made you over and over again " Coth. 2d." Your recit- 
als, calling to remembrance the terrors of Prof. Smyth's mathemat- 
ical paper, brought very forcibly to mind the fact that figures wont 
lie but that sometimes college boys lie about the figures, as will 
appear when the fact stands that so many of us " ponied " that 
famous paper, It was no surprise to me that you looked judicial, 



for we all know that you refused a place on the bench, and how 
high you stand at the New York Bar as a lawyer. 

Dr. Eveleth, now of Hallowell, Maine, shone out stout and 
strong as the "John Marshall " of college days, and the " primitive 
rhomb " was evidently and certainly entire in the good fellow. He 
has indeed proved himself true to all his college promise, and 
one of the solidest of our number in all that gives rank and stand- 
ing in good men's esteem. 

Jackson, now of Portland, Maine, President of the Maine Cen- 
tral E. E., was so rotund that I could not help thinking he must 
have swallowed at least a whole railroad, but when he dropped into 
poetry, and gave us sweet strains about the "Parnassus Branch 
Eailroad," I rubbed my eyes and wondered where he had found 
time to do that kind of business. 

Col. Wm. Hobson, now of Boston, Mass., lawyer, was surely 
" Old Hob ;" no malicious bullet had struck his gizzard. I lis- 
tened to his recital of deeds of valor where the bullets flew thick- 
est, the swords flashed brightest and the cannon thundered loudest, 
with a miserable recollection that more than twenty-two years ago 
some wise army surgeons had gravely pronounced me physically 
unfit for military duty ! Possibly, otherwise, I should have been on 
glory's scroll of fame with him and our genial Col. Zab. Adams, 
whose story of marvelous salvation from the rebel bullets and the 
confederate surgeon's knife made all and several of the hairs of my 
head stand on end; or, else, failing of fame, I might have been laid 
to rest " on fame's eternal camping ground" with the sterling old 
Bob Thompson. 

Ware, of North Anson, Maine, was no longer than in days of 
yore; how could a fellow who was then six feet two in stature grow 
any more ! But time had beautifully mellowed him in mind, and 
wrought a most excellent change in him physically. I thought of 
some good old judge, so benignant and wise and learned did he 
look. But when, to cap my wonder, he took hold of poetry the 
next day as we rambled down to the Topsham bridge, and so de- 
lightfully quoted Longfellow by the scores and scores of lines, I 
found he was another and livelier Ware than I used to know. It 
was not the poetry alone, it was the better insight I had obtained of 
his real character. 



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Williamson was of course " Old Joe " — as I hope he will ever 
more remain — replete with wit and pleasant sayings — apt to sug- 
gest the best and kindest things of everyone of his classmates — 
mindful of all that was humorous in our college days, whether it 
related to telling the hours by the moonlight on " old Cleave's " 
sun-dial ; or reciting an elaborate disquisition on the " Bugonian 
Theory;" or to the repetition of the moralization over Cleopatra 
and the pearl ; or the eulogy on " the young man who could ring 
the bell ;" or the reason why Johnson's soda could not be drawn 
till the next week. 

We all know how ably and faithfully he wrought many years on 
his " History of Belfast," and that when it was published in the 
summer of 1877, the students of historical books and the persons 
well educated in such matters with one accord pronounced the work 
most rarely and perfectly well done. We men of this class do not 
wonder at his success in such an undertaking, for we recollect the 
early bent of his mind in this direction, and how strong this inclin- 
ation was developed, even in college ! One of the best themes 
written by our class in college was Williamson's, on the topic, "The 
Industry of Men of Genius." In his said book he has fully illus- 
trated the genius of a man of industry. 

Nor is it out of place that I refer to the poems or other record 
or sayings of our college days which we then recalled. 

"Wasson's." 

" Once more a twelvemonth on its mighty pinion," &c, &c. 

which we sung with so much zest at our Freshmen supper to the 
tune of Oranbambuli, and at our Senior supper called it the best 
ode the class had ever made. 
Or Joe Williamson's 

" Hin ist hin ! 



Verloren ist Verloren, 

Burbank rooms with Bill Goodwin," &c, &c. 

Or, the extract from Jenning's class poems, 

" Avez vous un chapeau?" 

" Which means, Have you a hat or no?" 

Or, John Paine's 

" Kai Gar, Ferox and Le Bourgeois, 
Have done their best our fun to mar," &c. 



Or, that quotation from Hoole's Junior part, 

" Caesar pausait a la Rubicon — Pourquoir pausait el ?" 

Or, Greene's prize declaration, 
" 'Twas the last night of the old year and'each star sat on his ruby throne." 

Or, Jackson's contribution to the Peucinian paper, wherein was 
recorded the wonderful struggle in the gymnasium between Fox 
and Fossett. No searcher has yet found the plate inscribed, " vox 
haesit faucibus," nor has any authority explained whether the phrase 
means, "Pox stuck it to Possett," or, that, "Pox was stuck to by 
Fossett." 

I am sure our memorials of our old teachers, President Woods, 
Professors Cleveland, Goodwin, Smythe, Packard and Boody were 
most just, tender and sincere. 

While our testimony to the memories of those of our class who 
have "gone before," Paine, Greene, Emerson, Stanley, Thompson, 
Jennings and Ten Broeck, and also for Richardson and Wells, and 
our kind expressions for those living, but not present, Hoole, 
Hinckley, Jones, Burbank, Perkins, Mitchell, Wakefield, Palmer, 
Eobinson, Clifford, Wasson and Lord were all heartily and truly 



And thus we spent the quick hours of our season of reunion. As 
Longfellow, slightly modified, says : 

•' And the friendships old and the early loves 
Came back with a sabbath sound, as of doves 
In quiet neighborhoods." 



" And among the dreams of the days that were, 
We found our lost youth again." 

But I must check my willing pen and leave all the rest to be 
called up by the inspiration of the memories of those golden hours. 

I am greatly indebted to all my classmates for the excellence of 
mv j°y during the short hours of our reunion, and I thank you and 
Williamson again and again that your letters so wrought on my 
good wife that she would give me rest nor day nor night till I had 
fully and squarely promised that I would make the pilgrimage to 
Brunswick. This time, as in not a few others, I have found that a 



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woman's good sense is of advantage and a great help to man's hap- 
piness. 

Sincerely yours, 

L. Deane. 



Adams. 

(It is proper for me to say that I requested Adams to make his war 
record full, as I was intensely interested in snatches that he gave at our 
reunion. He authorized me to condense the following to make it conform 
to the dimensions of the other histories. I have looked it through with 
that object in view, but I can't find anything that I wish removed, and I 
think my classmates will reach the same conclusion. N. C.) 

Immediately after leaving college I began the study of medicine 
with my father, Dr. Z. B. (Zabdiel Boylston) Adams, of Boston, a 
well-known physician of many years practice, who was a graduate 
of Harvard. I entered the Harvard School, and also joined the 
Tremont Medical School. After two years' study I entered the 
Deer Island Hospital, and took my degree of M. D. at Harvard 
University in the summer of 1853. Subject of Thesis : Muscae 
Volitantes. In the month of September I sailed for Europe as 
Surgeon on one of Thayer & Warren's ships, and went to ■ Paris, 
where I attended courses of medical instruction, until the next 
spring. I also followed Nekton's service at the " Clinique." 

In May, 1854, I returned as Surgeon on one of Thayer & War- 
ren's ships, with 700 emigrants, among whom the ship fever broke 
out on the passage. On landing I was appointed, without solicita- 
tion, to the post of resident physician to the new hospital for the 
insane, just opened at Taunton, Mass. I was obliged, by an attack 
of ship fever and its resulting disability, to defer accepting the 
position until the following August. I remained at Taunton until 
the death of my father, January, 1855, when I resigned and settled 
in practice in the city of Boston. During the time of my study in 
Boston I had the good fortune to rescue Melville D. Jones,* of Bos- 
ton, from drowning, near the Mill-dam, for which I received the 
silver medal of the Massachusetts Humane Society. 



*Now a merchant on North Washington Street, Boston. " Fancy and 
Ornamental Iron Work." 



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Up to the time of the Civil War I remained in practice in Boston, 
being attached all the time to the Boston Dispensary, first as Dis- 
trict Physician, and afterwards receiving out-patients at the Cen- 
tral Office. I became a member of the " Medical Improvement," 
"Medical Observation," "Massachusetts Obstetrical," "Natural 
History," "Medical Benevolent," "Suffolk District and Massa- 
chusetts Medical" Societies, and was one of the visitors of the 
Provident Association. Also a member of "the Cadets." 

In the summer and fall of 1860 I began to practice gymnastics 
and fencing with a French maitre d'escrime, a Mons. Cassis, and 
began drilling under Monsieur Salignac* early in the winter, hav- 
ing in view the probability of entering the army, as soon as en- 
listments should be called for. I expected to go without com- 
mission. 

After the firing upon Sumter, (probably the same week the news 
was received), Dr. Samuel A. Green, of Boston, and myself offered 
Governor Andrew our services in any capacity. In a few weeks a 
board of examiners was appointed, and we were among the very first 
to appear before that board to be examined for the post of Surgeon. 
In May I received the appointment of Assistant-Surgeon to the 7th 
Mass. Volunteers, then forming in Taunton, under the supervision 
of Colonel, afterwards Major-General, Darius N. Couch, and went 
into camp early in June, and was mustered into the IT. S. Service 
on or about June 15, 1861. The 7th Mass., on its way to Washing- 
ton, was the first Massachusetts^regiment that passed through Bal- 
timore after the affair of the 6th Regiment. 

The 7th Mass. encamped first upon Kalorama Heights at 
Washington, and was there during the first Bull Eun battle. 
At dawn on the morning following the battle, i. e., Monday, July 
22, 1861, 1 was detailed to proceed with ambulances to the battle- 
field and bring back the wounded. The roads were miry with the 
incessant heavy rain, and were further impeded by the trains and 
"debacle" of a routed army, never fully disciplined, and now in 
ruin and retreat. The Long Bridge over the Potomac was crowded 
to its utmost capacity with a frightened, hurrying mass of men of 



*Salignac was a wonderful drill-master, and had in his class some of the 
first citizens of Boston. 



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all arms, huge wagons and loose horses, and some hours were spent 
in forcing a way through. In spite of obstacles and discourage- 
ments we pushed on until near Fairfax, where the destruction of a 
bridge across a deep creek made it impossible to proceed further. 
The ambulances were filled with wounded men found hiding in 
barns in the vicinity, and returned to Washington. 

The 7th Mass. passed the winter in barracks at Brightwood, about 
four miles from the Capitol, and in the spring'jmoved with the rest of 
the army of the Potomac under Gen. McOlellan, landing at Fortress 
Monroe. They were in the siege of Yorktown, and the battles of 
Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, besides several skirmishes, both night 
and day. In all these engagements I took part, and was present 
with the regiment on the field. 

Five days before the battle of Fair Oaks I received notice of my 
promotion to the Surgeoncy of the 32d Mass. Eegiment. The fol- 
lowing letter was received from Gen. Couch, who then commanded 
the division to which the 7th belonged, and which was attached to 
Gen. Keyes' Corps : « 

(Copy). 
(Number of Division torn off). 
Div., 4th Corps, A. P. 
Camp at Seven Pines, Va. 

Mat 31st, '62. 
Surg. Z. B. Adams. 

Dear sir : — It is with great pleasure I hear of your promotion to 
full Surgeon, a position which you have earned by your devotion to 
the service and care of your fellow soldiers. It is a matter of 
deep regret that you leave the command at this critical time, but 
you go to a post of greater responsibility, with new honors. Wish- 
ing you every success in your new position, 

I remain, 

Your friend, 

D. N". Couch, 
B. G. 

This letter was the more flattering as it was entirely unexpected 
and voluntary on the part of Gen. Couch. 
As a great battle seemed imminent I stayed with the regiment 



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and followed it into action at Fair Oaks on the 31st of May, work- 
ing at the field hospitals at Courtney's and elsewhere. 

Early in June I reported for duty to the 32d Reg't, then en- 
camped at the Washington Navy Yard. On the morning of July 
3d, the 32d arrived by transport at Harrison's Landing, and joined 
the Army of the Potomac. On landing, while moving into posi- 
tion, I met my old comrades of the 7th Eeg't. The officers and 
men of that regiment crowded around me and nearly dragged me 
from my horse in their anxiety to welcome me again. The 32d was 
assigned to the 1st Div., 5th A. C, Gen'l Fitz John Porter's, and 
to the brigade commanded by Brig. -Gen'l Chas. Griffin. 

The army remained at Harrison's Landing until the middle of 
August. The 32d Eeg't, fresh from the sea air of the New England 
coast, (having been stationed as garrison at Fort Warren, Boston 
Harbor, during the previous winter and spring,) suffered extremely 
from the climate. More than one-third of the command was at 
times upon the sick list. Malarial fever of typhoid type and very 
fatal, prevailed. The heat was stifliiig, and the nights were damp 
and chilly. The supply of water, which was drawn from shallow 
surface wells, was polluted by the vicinity of a noisome swamp. 
The enervating effect of the climate upon the men caused an in- 
difference to sanitary rules and orders, and a general neglect of 
necessary precaution against disease prevailed. The assistant sur- 
geon, Dr. Wm. L. Faxon, was unfit for duty, and I was compelled 
to carry the whole burden myself, although suffering continually 
from chills, fever and diarrhoea, and the resulting exhaustion. 
From this trial I have never entirely recovered. During this time 
we managed to preserve the credit of Massachusetts in the arrange- 
ment and perfection of our hospital, which was frequently shown 
by inspecting officers as a model of neatness and skillful appoint- 
ment. 

The 32d marched down the Peninsula in August, and took 
transport for Belle Plain on the Potomac, and then came under 
General John Pope and marched to Barnett's Ford on the Rappa- 
hannock, and thence by Kelly's Ford to Bealton Station, and 
through Warrentown Junction, Catlet's and Bristow to Manassas 
Junction, where, on the 29th of August, Gen'l Fitz John Porter 
moved his corps in the direction of Thoroughfare Gap, five miles, 



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to a wide hill near Dawkins' brook, it is said under orders to at- 
tack the Kebel army, which could be plainly seen moving on the 
Warrenton Turnpike from near Groveton towards Centreville. It 
is for not attacking at this place and time that Fitz John Porter 
was afterwards tried by court-martial and cashiered. 

From this time forth I was present with the regiment in all its 
marches, bivouacs, battles and skirmishes, up to the date of my 
resignation. These included the ten days' campaign under Gen'l 
Pope, ending after the second Bull Eun and retreat upon Wash- 
ington ; the campaign in Maryland, ending in the battle of An- 
tietam ; the march to Fredericksburg ; battle of Fredericksburg ; 
Burnside's "Mud March"; battle of Ohancellorsville ; cavalry 
engagements at Brandy Station and Aldie Gap ; march to Gettys- 
burg ; battle of Gettysburg, and skirmishes near Williamsport and 
on Wapping Heights. At the battle of Fredericksburg I was ap- 
pointed on the board of consulting surgeons of my division, on 
duty in the town. At the battle of Gettysburg, owing to some 
one's neglect, I did not receive the usual orders to report for duty at 
a field hospital, and accordingly went into^the engagement with my 
regiment in a piece of woods adjoining the famous bloody wheat- 
field, and between that and the peach orchard, equally well known 
to all who have read the details of the battle of the second 
day. Here while dressing the wounded I narrowly escaped cap- 
ture by the enemy, my brigade having been withdrawn and leaving 
an uncovered gap in the lines. 

Having been on duty at the division hospital for two days and 
three nights without rest or sleep, I was suddenly forced to desist 
by an attack of blindness. Fearing permanent loss of sight, 
very soon after the battle I forwarded the resignation of my com- 
mission and solicited its approval at headquarters. I left the 32d 
Regiment at Warrenton, Va., and returned home. 

Permanent impairment of vision has resulted from the attack of 
blindness during the battle of Gettysburg, making it nearly im- 
possible to use the microscope or to employ the eyes in steady work 
upon anything. After a few months' of rest and medical treat- 
ment* at home I regained my usual health and was impatient to 

* For the recovery of my eye-sight I feel that I am deeply indebted to my 
friend Dr. Hasket Derby, the famous oculist of Boston, whose assiduous 
kindness and skillful treatment soon removed my fears of permanent blind- 
ness. The disorder proved to be choroiditis. 



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return to the army. I accepted a commission as Captain in a 
regiment then being organized, the 56th, one of the so-called 
"Veteran Brigade." I set about recruiting a company, at the 
same time making it a part of my duty to examine surgically all 
those who offered. I was mustered into the United States service 
a second time at Eeadville, Mass., January 12, 1864, as Captain of 
Company F, 56th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. 

Soon after we were transferred to Annapolis, Marjland, and at- 
tached to the 9th A. C, Gen. Burnside. After several weeks 
drilling and preparing we moved to Washington, and then to the 
Rappahannock, where we were joined to the Army of the Potomac. 

On the 4th and 5th of May we moved across the Rappahannock 
and Rapidan, and on the second day of the battle of the Wilder- 
ness, May 6th, my brigade was sent in to reinforce G-en. Wadsworth, 
then being forced back by the attack of G-en. Longstreet's rebel 
division along the plank road to Orange Court House. The posi- 
tion in which the regiment was placed in this battle was an exceed- 
ingly trying one for new troops. The woods were so dense it was 
impossible to see or understand the position ; front was changed at 
a critical moment under fire ; we were moved into the open plank 
road from a place where we had made some attempt to cover our- 
selves from the enemy's fire, and other troops came rushing in 
disorder through our lines, while the enemy were seen crossing the 
road in force on both flanks. The Colonel, Chas E. Griswold, (a 
brave officer and excellent disciplinarian, and an old personal 
friend), was shot, as well as many others of our officers and men. 
To show the discipline of our regiment I will give but one anecdote. 
Sergeant Weale, of my company, being shot through the breast, (a 
wound of which he soon after died), did not leave his post until 
saluting me as I passed, he asked — and of course obtained — my 
permission so to do. 

Lieut. Col. Weld, now in command, seeing the hopelessness of 
the position, ordered a retreat, which was made in good order, and 
the men rallied again in reduced numbers, after getting some 
twenty rods back from the road and near the position we had occu- 
pied earlier in the battle. In attempting to rally and hold the men 
together for a short time, I received a shot which broke my leg a 
hand's breadth above the ankle, and soon after another bullet struck 



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the left knee, passing through the knee-pan, which it split in two, 
but happily without penetrating the cavity of the joint. This last 
shot and the loss of blood from the first, brought me to the ground ; 
I was unable to rise, and, my men falling back, was soon surround- 
ed and summoned to surrender. My captors moved forward, how- 
ever, and left me, but meeting with a severe fire came rushing 
back and passed me. For some time after I was between the two 
lines, abandoned alike by enemies and friends, and a part of the 
time was exposed to a dangerous fire from both sides, as I lay upon 
somewhat high ground. When the rebel line advanced, however, 
the Colonel of a Georgia Eegiment, (his name I have unfortunately 
lost,) very kindly ordered me carried to the rear of his line and 
placed on the bank of a little brook, and gave me some corn bread 
from his haversack. Soon, however, his line was ordered forward, 
and a second and third followed, the movement being a right wheel. 
For several hours I was entirely alone, although the bodies of men, 
either dead or dying, could be seen upon the ground in whatever 
direction I looked. As it drew towards evening the woods became 
full of smoke, and as I believe were on fire. Seeing two rebels fill- 
ing their canteens at the brook, I called out to them. They kindly 
took pity on me and procured a couple of abandoned muskets, with 
which, used as crutches, I succeeded in gaining the vicinity of the 
plank road, where I found a rebel surgeon attending to the wound- 
ed, who sent me on a stretcher to an ambulance in the road. I 
awoke the next morning in the field hospital of Anderson's Divis- 
ion of Longstreet's Corps. 

Eesection of the left fibula about four inches was performed. 
The ball which had lodged in the tibia still remains in the leg. 
After operation I was placed by the side of Gen. James S. Wads- 
worth* of New York, whom I had last seen on the previous day 
directing the disposition of the troops along the plank road as we 
were moving up. He lay on a stretcher mortally wounded. I 
watched him constantly until he breathed his last. 

I assumed charge of the remains as nearest friend. He was in- 
terred at Oak Woods, one mile from New Hope Meeting House. 

After Gen. Wadsworth's death I was removed a short distance 



*The name of Gen. Wads worth stands first on the list of " Harvard Me- 
morial Biographies." 



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and laid upon the ground without shelter. I suffered intensely at 
this time. Could not eat or sleep. Here I remained eleven days. 
According to the record in my diary, from which these facts are 
taken, my wounds became " horribly offensive and niaggotty, and 
my back raw from lying on the ground." Many died. 

On the seventeenth of May, we were removed in ambulances to 
Orange Court House over a wretched road, and my sufferings were 
almost intolerable on the way. At Orange we were kindly treated, 
and next morning were placed in cars and taken to Gordonsville, 
where we found a very neat hospital, had good food and excellent- 
medical attendance. Here I first learned the opinion of the sur- 
geons that my leg would have to be amputated. After three or 
four days we were removed to Lynchburg, where we received most 
harsh and cruel treatment. Crump ton's where we were put, was 
an old tobacco factory, alive with vermin, had no windows, and a 
leaking roof. Food was of the vilest quality and insufficient in 
quantity. The result upon the wounded can be imagined. All 
filth was thrown out of the windows, sometimes upon the ground, 
but usually into a sluggish stream which flowed beneath the build- 
ing. The water of this stream was sprinkled every day upon the 
floors, and sent forth such a foul stench as to cause us to vomit. 
Complaint was made, I was told, by people dwelling near, of the 
intolerable smell arising from the building. 

No sponges were seen by me in Crumpton's. Bandages, even small 
pieces of cloth, were carefully preserved, wrung out or washed, and 
used again. These were sometimes damp, sometimes dry and 
stiff, had lost all color of whiteness and gave out a sickening odor. 
We were obliged to wash our faces in the same basins which were 
used to dress our wounds. Hospital gangrene was rife. 

When a consultation of surgeons was held to determine the 
question of amputation in my own case, the doctors being divided 
in opinion, I was allowed to give a vote which determined the ques- 
tion in favor of preserving the leg. About June 17th, 18th and 
19th, Gen Hunter approached Lynchburg, and every man of the 
rebels capable of bearing arms was sent out to the entrenchments 
to prevent the Union troops from entering the town. At this time 
we were left entirely without care, regular food or attendance. We 
were greatly elated at the prospect of release, but Gen. Hunter, 



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after firing a few shells, retired from the vicinity of the town, and 
everything fell into its old routine. 

The surgeons were frequently changed, and those only were re- 
tained who treated us and our wretched condition with indifference. 
When I was very weak a humane man, Dr. Upshur, full of sym- 
pathy for my sufferings, insisted that I must have milk. None 
was ever brought me, however, nor I believe to any of our wounded, 
and this kind-hearted surgeon soon ceased to attend the hospitals. 
Gangrene attacked my wounds on the very night following the con- 
sultation of surgeons above spoken of. This, however, I managed 
to subdue by pouring in pure nitric acid, which I did myself, al- 
though the pain was almost unendurable. Erysipelas followed, 
and my condition became nearly desperate. During all this time we 
never received any word from home, which was a source of dis- 
couragement. 

To the warm sympathy and kindness of the negroes we owe, I 
think, our preservation under all these privations. Food of good 
quality, although of course in small quantity, was brought secretly 
to us, or hoisted in at the windows by night. I find in my diary 
that on Thursday, June 9th, an extra guard was placed around the 
building to prevent our receiving these supplies at night. Once or 
twice we knew that the negroes were detected and whipped. One 
excellent old creature, whom we called ' ' Aunt Docia," under pre- 
tense of doing our laundry work, came nearly every day with 
" snacks "* of one kind or another. 

Early in August, for some pretended disobedience of orders, seven 
of our members (of whom I was one), all severely wounded, were 
sent to the Provost G-uard House as a punishment. Here we were 
placed in a room, or rather two rooms, the windows of which were 
boarded up so closely that scarcely any light or air could enter. 
Our only food was bread and water. Once a day we were permitted 
for a few minutes, two or three at a time, to go into a paved yard 
and wash at an upright water pipe in the middle, with no bowls, 
no soap and no towels. Here, also, we must dress our wounds, or 
at least wet them anew. No negroes were allowed to come near 
us. Fresh relays of prisoners were brought in large squads and 



*A bit of meat and bread, or coarse sandwich, 



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crowded into the rooms and into the yard. There was not area 
enough to lie down at night, and the dungeon was so close that the 
air was scarcely respirable. The weather was hot and sultry. Af- 
ter a week in this dreadful place we were visited by a good man, a 
Eebel officer on a tour of inspection of Kebel prisons and guard 
houses. We showed our wounds and told our wretched tale. He 
was moved to compassion, and said it was not intended by his gov- 
ernment to treat prisoners in that way. He ordered our transfer 
to Eichmond, and the next morning we were taken from our dun- 
geon and transferred by rail to Libby Prison. The change was 
most delightful. In Libby we found light and air and room 
enough. We had more food and in greater variety. We had our 
own men for attendants. 

After some weeks of expectation we were sent to Annapolis on 
parole. Words cannot express the delight we felt when we found 
ourselves under our own flag once more, on the flag-of -truce boat 
on the James Eiver. 

At Annapolis, after four months of suffering and privation, we 
found every comfort and the best of nursing. 

On applying for leave to go home, Surgeon Vanderkieft, in 
charge of the hospital, decided, on examination of my leg, that 
amputation was required, and advised me to remain at the hospital 
for that purpose. I explained to him my reasons for the belief 
that the leg might be saved, and secured my leave of absence and 
returned home. 

During my imprisonment I had received a commission as Major 
from Gov. Andrew. 

Early in December following I had so far recovered from my 
wounds that I could hope not only to retain my leg, but to return 
to my regiment. I received notice from the War Department, 
however, that I had been discharged from the service for disability 
from wounds. I at once applied to be reinstated, and after exami- 
nation was allowed to re-enter the service, and joined my regiment, 
February 13th, 1865, in the fortifications around Petersburg, Va. 

As soon as I arrived the Lieutenant-Colonel in command applied 
for and obtained leave of absence, and left for home. 

I found myself in command, but the regiment was so reduced in 
numbers as to seem but a skeleton of its former self. The men who 



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had passed through many battles had proved themselves in dis- 
cipline and military bearing the equals of any in the Army of the 
Potomac. 

I had the supreme satisfaction to lead my regiment in the assault 
upon the works before Petersburg, on April 2d,1865. We charged 
from "Fort Hell" at or soon after dawn, and were completely 
successful, holding the enemy's captured works all day in spite 
of their efforts to drive us out. 

In this battle I was again wounded, but did not quit the field nor 
give up the command, except for a few hours. 

I took part in the following battles : 
7th Mass., Williamsburg, Va., May 5th, 1862.. 

" Fair Oaks, Va., May 31st, 

32d Mass., Second Bull Eun, Aug. 30th, 1862, the regiment not 
actively engaged in this battle. 
" Sharpsburg, Md., Sept. 15th, 1862. 

" Chancellorsville, Va., May 5th and 6th, 1863. 

" Gettysburg, Pa.^ July 2d, and 3d, 1863. 

56th Mass., Wilderness, Va., May 6th, 1864. 

" " Fort Hell," Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865. 

And the following skirmishes : 
In front of Yorktown, at night, 7th Mass. 
N. Kent Court House to Bottom's Bridge, 7th Mass. 
Artillery, Harrison's Landing, 32d Mass. 

Gen. Pope's retreat from the Rappahannock, 
Shepardstown Fords, 
Morrisville, December 31st, 1862, 
Kelley's Ford and Brandy Station, 
Aldie Gap, June 21st, 1863, to Upperville, 
About Williamsport and Wapping Hights, 
In front of Fort Alexander Hayes, Petersburg, 

In December, 1870, I was married to Frances Ann Kidder, of 
Boston, daughter of Francis Dana Kidder, and grand- 
daughter of Dr. Ashbel Kidder, of Sudbury, Mass. On her 
mother's side she is descended from the Balch, Clapp, and Williams 
families of Roxbury and Dorcester. By her I have two children, a 
boy and a girl. The boy is named Zabdiel Boylston, the girl, 
Frances Boylston. 



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It mav be enough to say that I am now President of the South 
Middlesex District Medical Society. 



BUBBASTK : 

Burbank, after graduating, taught the academies in St. Albans, 
Lee and Dennysville for several years ; then engaged in active bus- 
iness in Hartland, Portland, and Lewiston. He entered the military 
service as Captain in second Maine Cavalry, but in a few months 
resigned from ill health. He employed himself in agricultural 
and other pursuits for some time in Iowa and Illinois. 

He writes as follows : 

Chicago, Aug. 28, '84. 
Nathaniel Cotheen, Esq., 

Deae Sie — I am in receipt of your postal of 26th inst., as also 
of letter of July 21st. 

I do not think that anything pertaining to my personal history 
since graduation can be of any interest to my classmates. 
For yourself I have always had a pleasant remenbrance and am very 
glad to hear from you, * * * I enclose my business card, and 
I am very truly, &c, 

A. J. BUEBANK. 

The "card" indicates that he is in the real estate and general 
renting agency, Tribune building, Chicago. 



Cliffoed : 

After leaving Bowd., went to Harvard, and graduated there in 
1850 ; he studied law, and practised in Newfield, and afterwards 
removed to Portland, Me., where he now resides. 



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COTHREN 1st : 

He says, " Leaving college in 1849, I went first to South Bri- 
tain, New Haven County, Conn., where I taught the Academy 
for one year. The next year I was engaged in like manner 
at Wallingford in the same county and State. The third year 
found me in central New Jersey, Monmouth County, where I 
taught twelve months ; at the expiration of that time, in company 
with my brother Nathaniel, who was also teaching in the same 
county and State, moved eastward about twenty-five miles, and in 
connection with him bought a large school property called the 
Ocean Institute, situated three miles from the sea-shore at Long 
Branch. Here we continued for two or three years, when my 
brother went to New York to enter upon the study of law, and I 
remained in the institution till 1866, when I had an opportunity to 
sell to advantage, and did so, moving to Red Bank in the spring of 
1867. Here, as I was then too old to enter upon the study of med- 
icine, which was contemplated upon graduation, teaching was 
taken up again and pursued till 1870, when I went to New York 
and engaged in the gas fixtures business, which not proving satis- 
factory, returned to Red Bank in 1880, where I now reside, and 
where I shall probably spend the remainder of my days. Have 
been twice married, first, to Betsy Ann Hinman, of New Haven, 
County, Conn., in 1854; she died August 3, 1861. Children — Helen 
Florence and Sarah May, both dying young. Second, married 
Alice Radcliffe, of New Haven County, Conn., my present wife. 



Cothren, 2nd, says : 

My life, though very active since graduating, has been the 
most uneventful in the class. It can be summed up as briefly 
as Oliver Stevens (Class '48) sums up his life for the infor- 
mation of his class. He wrote, "I have continued in the prac- 
tice of the law." I might sum up all by saying that I taught 
school till the spring of '56, when I went into law, and have 
been in active practice ever since. But as I have asked others to 



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give a full history, it would hardly seem fair to leave the subject 
here. To be more particular, I would add that I taught a private 
endowed school in Tyngsboro, near Lowell, Mass., the first year 
after leaving college. I then taught five months in a graded public 
school in South Berwick, Maine. I next studied law four months 
with my brother William (Class of '43) in "Woodbury, Conn. Be- 
coming dissatisfied with country practice, went to teaching in New 
Jersey. After teaching in several places fifteen months, I and my 
brother Charles bought out a boarding school, near Long Branch, 
where I continued till the Spring of '55, when I sold out to Charles 
and engaged in a parochial school in Newark, where I taught one 
year, devoting my spare time to the study of the law, having en- 
tered the office of D. A. & E. C. Hawkins, 10 Wall street, New 
York. I was admitted to the bar December, 1856, and a few 
months before the war broke out, I bought out R. C. Hawkins, and he 
went to the war as Colonel of the "Hawkins Zouaves." I formed 
a partnership with D. A. Hawkins (Class '48), which continued a 
little over twenty years, retaining the same offices all the time. 
February, 1880, I started alone at my present place, 170 Broadway. 

In 1854, I married Elizabeth W. Corlies, of Ocean Port, New 
Jersey. We have one child, a son 13 years old, now fitting for 
Bowd. Coll. 

In politics I have labored to the best of my ability for munici- 
pal reform in my adopted city, Brooklyn. I have never held any 
office unless the position I now occupy may be so called, as a mem- 
ber of the Board of Education of Brooklyn. The attitude I have 
taken in municipal affairs has debarred me from accepting any 
political office. 

I have enjoyed good health and feel now every way better able 
to battle with the world than at any time heretofore. 

What I feel most proud of in my history since graduating is 
that I have an honorable discharge from the army of the United 
States, as a private soldier, though serving only in the New York 
militia. 



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Emerson : 

He taught a year in Standish, and then went to Boston with 
the expectation of following his father and grandfather in the med- 
ical profession, but after a year's study, he, with deliberation, de- 
cided that the vocation of teaching would be more congenial, and 
became an assistant of his uncle, George B. Emerson, LL.D. (Har- 
vard College, 1818), in his well-known school for young ladies in Bos- 
ton ; in 1854 he went abroad, spent two years in travel and study, 
and on his return, his uncle having given up his school, opened a 
similar one in Boston. A scholar of varied attainments, fitted by 
culture as by natural endowments for the delicate responsibility, he 
won the respect and affections of pupils and the confidence of pat- 
rons. He loved his work, and though advised and urged by friends 
and physicians, scarcely left his school-room until two or three weeks 
before his disease (consumption) accomplished its work, and he died 
March, 1864. He had married Miss Wainwright, of Boston, but 
left no child. 



Eveleth says : 

I was born February 24, 1828, in Windham, Cumberland 
County, Maine. My father was John Eveleth of the class of 1814. 

After graduation, I taught in several places ; Academy in 
Limington, High Schools in Waterford, New Gloucester and other 
places. 

Commenced the study of medicine in June, 1851. Attended 
lectures in Bowd. Coll. and Dartmouth College ; also the private 
course of Prof. Peaslee. I graduated from the medical depart-' 
ment of Bowd. Coll. in May, 1854. Immediately after this I went 
to BlackwelPs Island, New York, where I spent one year as assis- 
tant physician in the Lunatic Asylum ; I also spent a term at 
Dartmouth College as Demonstrator of Anatomy. 

In July, 1855, I settled in the practice of medicine, in Poland, 
Maine ; remained there four years. Then, on account of the infir- 
mities of my father, went to Windham, and remained there about 



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a year and a half. In February, 1861, I settled in Mechanic 
Falls, where I remained till January, 1880. Then [removed to 
Hallowell, Maine, where I have remained up to the present time. 

November 28, 1854, married Lucy Ellen Douglass, daughter of 
Rev. John A. Douglass, of Waterford. 

She died February 5,1881 ; had three children — Abby Lyle, John 
Archer and Lucy Mary, who are all now living. 

January 22d, 1883, married Clara Abbott Douglass, sister of the 
former wife, with whom I am living at the present time. 

I have never held any public office except supervisor of schools 
three years, and school agent (you need not put this into the his- 
tory). 



Hinkley : 

Neptune Fire and Marine Ins. Co. 

Boston, Aug. 27th, 1884. 
My Dear Cothren : 

On leaving college I taught a high school in Peabody for four or 
five years. Then studied law with Judge Peleg Sprague, and was 
admitted to the Suffolk bar. Soon broke down in health and was 
laid aside for three years, more than half of which time I spent in 
Europe and Asia, going out in a government ship as clerk to my 
friend Com. Thatcher. I returned in improved health, but was 
cautioned by my doctor not to go on in my prof ession, as it would 
over-tax my health. From that time to the present I have been 
secretary of the Neptune Ins. Co., and have given what leisure I 
have had to the care of other people's property and to the settle- 
ment of several estates. I am married and have two children. My 
wife was Helen Louise Thayer, daughter of Elias Bond Thayer, a 
merchant of Boston. My oldest living child is Helen Waterston, 
ten years of age, and my boy Thomas Thayer is five. I will tell 
you confidentially what you cannot put in your book, that they are 
both good and bright and handsome. My first child was a boy 
who died before he was a year old. 



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Hobson : 

He taught the high school in Saco from 1855 to 1862, when he 
entered the military service , was commissioned Captain of the 
17th Maine Volunteers, and was promoted successively to major 
and lieutenant colonel. He was wounded in action at Amelia 
Springs, Va. Leaving the service he resumed his position in the 
Saco high school for a time. In 1867, admitted to the bar, he en- 
gaged in the practice of law ; was for two years collector of cus- 
toms for the port of Saco, and subsequently removed to Somer- 
ville, Mass., where he now resides engaged in his profession of 
law. 



Hoole. 

For several years after the war I occasionally corresponded with 
Hoole in connection with law business. August 25th, 1865 he wrote 
me from the office of the "Southern Argus and Crisis," Mobile, 
Ala. I extract from letter as follows : 

"I was among the first to volunteer, and stuck to the end. I 
started as a Lt. of Artillery, was promoted to Captain a few months 
after ; soon assigned to .duty as Major. Resigned on account of ill 
health ; resignation not accepted. Captured at Vicksburg. After- 
wards on General Polk's staff, and finally on Lt.-Gen. Taylor's. 
Adhered to the ship until the last plank was gone. Had four at- 
tacks of fever. Lost all my property, and am now worse than 
bankrupt." 

For a few years back I have not heard from him directly. Some- 
times I would hear from him through Capt. Stanley (Bowd., 1857), 
brother to our classmate. (The Capt. died last winter.) And 
sometimes I would hear from Hoole through Col. Rapier of Mobile. 
I extract from the last letter received from Col. R. : 

Mobile, July 24th, 1884. 
Mr. Nathaniel Cothren : 

Dear Sir : Replying to yours of the 21st. Your first letter to 
Maj. James L. Hoole was immediately forwarded by me to him. 



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That you should have received no answer, in this particular case, 
does not prove that he has moved away or that he is dead. Major 
H. told me that he was from Portland, Me. ; that early in life after 
graduating, he moved to Holly Springs, Miss., and practised law. 
[He first taught school there. — N. C. ] I have heard from people who 
lived there before the war that he stood well and was highly esteemed 
by everybody. When the war came on he joined the Confederate 
Army and rose to the rank of Major of artillery. He made an ex- 
cellent officer. After the war he obtained employment under Col. 
W. D. Man, who was Internal Revenue Assessor of this district, 
and also proprietor of this paper. A more elegant gentleman than 
Maj. Hoole I never met in my life; everybody liked him and those 
that knew him best (myself among others) learned to love him. A 
yellow fever epidemic came on one summer and Hoole took the 
fever, got better, then relapsed, and remained from first to last 
eleven weeks in bed. * * * He worked with us 

several years. Finally he left us, and going to the eastern 
shore of Mobile Bay, back in the woods, where he had a small plot 
of land and a hut, he virtually buried himself from the world. 
There he has lived for the past ten or eleven years ; I have seen 
him but three times since — a veritable Robinson Crusoe. I send 
him papers and little things occasionally , never hear from him 
direct. His neighbors speak well of him — say he is a kind, edu- 
cated, amiable gentleman. But he can't be roused from his her- 
mitage. 

Respectfully your ob't serv't, 

Jno. L. Rapiee. 



Jacksoh. 

After graduation, taught, in fall of 1849, the Academy at North 
Andover, Mass., completing a term for our classmate Wells, who 
had been stricken down by fever just after commencing the school. 
Also taught a school in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, in the winter of 
1850. Studied law in the office of Fessenden & Deblois, Portland, 
and was admitted to the Bar in October, 1852. 



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Commenced practice at Bath, Maine, and remained there until 
October, 1853, then removed to Portland and opened an office in 
partnership with Charles Gr. Came (Yale, 1849.) In October, 1854, 
became a partner with Thomas Amory Deblois (Harvard, 1824), 
and this partnership continued until 1865. 

On account of impaired health gave up the practice of law, tem- 
porarily, as was then supposed and went into outdoor business life 
as treasurer and manager of a rolling mill and forge, and continued 
in these occupations until April, 1878, when he became President 
of the Maine Central Railroad Company, and is in that position at 
this date. 

Was appointed Recorder of Municipal Court of Portland, and 
held that office for a few months by appointment of Governor 
Crosby, but resigned on going into partnership with Mr. Deblois. 

Was Assistant U. S. District Attorney for several years during 
the war, and these are the only public offices ever held. 

Married May 30, 1853, Cornelia Stuyvesant Ten Broeck, sister 
of our classmate, William C. Ten Broeck. 

Has had three children, all of whom are now living, viz. : Mar- 
garet Stuyvesant, wife of John Blake White, M. D., of New York 
City. 

Elizabeth Deblois, wife of Charles Davis Merrill of Portland. 

Stuyvesant Ten Broeck (Bowdoin, 1883), now residing in St. 
Louis, Mo. 

For several years has been on the Board of Overseers of Bowdoin 
College, and has taken special interest in its financial matters. His 
life has been an uneventful but not an idle one, and he believes that 
the world has used him quite as well as he deserved. 

Is a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and as a 
layman has taken an active interest in its affairs for many years, 
having been one of the Wardens of St. Luke's Church, Portland, 
since 1854, and having represented that parish in Annual Diocesan 
Conventions every year since that date. 



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Jennings : 

Oct. 8th, 1851, married Juliette P. Block, of Washington, Ark., 
who died July 29, 1858. 

Children : Edwin B. Jennings, born July 25, 1853, and is now 
in company with C. H. Lawrence & Co., merchants, New Orleans, 
La. 

Earnest Jennings, born July 7, 1855, studied law in Little Rock, 
Ark. Died about April 20, 1882. 

Laura I. Jennings, born July 6th, 1856, died May 11, 1859. 

Chester Jennings, born Sept. 27, 1857. Studied medicine at 
Little Eock, graduate of Arkansas Medical College, also graduate 
of New Orleans Charity Hospital, taking first honors of his class. 
He is now practicing medicine with Dr. R. G. Jennings, Little 
Rock, Ark. Jennings married for second wife, Miss Elizabeth 
Dennison, May 1st, 1860. No children. After his death she 
married a gentleman of South Carolina. 

(Extract from " The Little Rock Daily Conservative," Oct. 10, 
1866, and another paper, name not given.) 

Death of Judge Orville Jennings. 

" Our community has been shocked by the announcement of the 
sudden death of Judge Orville Jennings, who after a short and 
painful illness bid adieu to things of earth at fifteen minutes past 
12 o'clock, on the 3d inst., in the 43d year of his age. 

" Judge Jennings was a native of the State of Maine, graduated 
at Bowdoin College in 1849, removed in the following year to 
Jackson, Tennessee, where he studied law for a few months in the 
office of Judge Morel, after which he settled in Washington, Hemp- 
stead Co., in this State, and remained a citizen of that place up to 
the breaking out of the war. By close application to his profession 
he rapidly rose to distinction, and occupied successively the posi- 
tions of Prosecuting Attorney, Judge of the Circuit Court and 
Representative in the State Legislature. At the time of his death 
he had taken up his residence in this city, and held the position of 
United States District Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkan- 
sas. 

"Judge Jennings was a fine lawyer, combining those two rare 



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qualifications — efficiency in the office and power at the forum. He 
was a kind hearted, congenial, just man, and numerous friends 
throughout the State will sincerely mourn his loss. 

" Proceedings in Keference to the Death of Orville Jen- 
nings, Esq. 

" On this day, Mr. Garland, an attorney of Court arose in his place 
and addressed the Court at length, and then offered the following 
resolutions prepared by a committee appointed at a previous meet- 
ing of the Bar : 

" The committee, to whom it was referred to prepare and report 
resolutions of respect for the memory of Orville Jennings, Esq., 
would respectfully recommend, that it be declared to be the sense 
of the members of the bar of Little Kock, that in the sudden and 
untimely death of our friend and brother the bar has sustained a 
great loss, and that they lament and regret his decease, no less as 
an affliction to themselves, than the public calamity, affecting all 
classes, to whom his usefulness extended, both as a lawyer of abil- 
ity, as a public officer in the discharge of his duty, and as a good 
citizen. 

" That as a mark of this respect, and of our regret, the members 
of the bar request the Judge of the Circuit Court, now in session, 
to adjourn its sitting ; and that we attend the funeral of the de- 
ceased in a body, and thus pay a last tribute of regret and sorrow 
to the memory of him whose loss we are thus called upon to de- 
plore. 

" And that to the stricken and bereaved members of the family 
of the deceased we tender our respectful and profound sympathy. 

"To which the Court responded: 

" The Count fully appreciates the sentiments and feelings mani- 
fested by the Bar in the resolutions offered on the sudden decease 
of Orville Jennings, Esq., and will order that they be spread upon 
the records of the Court. 

" On motion of Mr. Williams, it is ordered that a certified copy of 
this order be delivered to the family of the deceased. 

"Whereupon the Court adjourned till to-morrow morning, at 10 
o'clock. 



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Jackson says : 

While in Arkansas, Jennings wrote him there was no Episcopal 
Church in his vicinity and that he desired to become a communi- 
cant of that church, and that the next time he came north he de- 
sired to be baptized and confirmed. 

He accordingly came to Portland, was baptized in St. Luke's 
Church, Portland, by Rev. Alexander Burgess, now Bishop of 
Quincy, on the 10th day of July, 1854. That he (Jackson) stood 
as sponsor for him. Afterwards he went to Gardiner, where Bishop 
George Burgess then lived, and was confirmed by him July 19th, 
1854. 



Jones : 

Cloveeda.le, Sonoma Co., California, July 5, 1884. 
Hon. Joseph Williamson: 

Dear Friend: Your letter inviting me to a class meeting at the 
next commencement reached me at this place after it had been to 
Honolulu. 

A year ago I was there. After five years of successful and pros- 
perous service as president of Oahu College, two miles from Hono- 
lulu, I returned to California, and at once undertook the pastorate 
of the Congregational church in this place. 

I was never more pleasantly situated. 

The climate is delightful, the people intelligent, active and in- 
terested in our work. If they could only find some other way of 
disposing of the grapes which grow here to perfection, and omit 
the manufacture of wine, few places could furnish more attrac- 
tions. 

I would enjoy very much meeting the remnant of the class of 
'49 once more, but cannot see my way clear to do it ; and must be 
contented with the full report which you promised me. 

Since I want to hear from all the members I must let you hear 
from me. I can hardly report myself an old man yet, but when I 



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look in the glass — not as often perhaps as formerly — I cannot say 
that I am particularly young. 

"Weight 205, not much grizzled, climb mountains without pant- 
ing and wear glasses in the evening, sometimes. 

Preach two sermons on Sunday, lead and train a brass band on 
Monday evening — train the Choral Society on Tuesday evening — 
attend prayer meeting on Wednesday evening — and visit my par- 
ishioners on Thursday and Friday. 

Have one son in business in Honolulu — one in the Cooper Medical 
College in San Francisco, and one — six feet in his stockings — still 
with me. One daughter only. Know several things that I didn't 
when I was in College, and some things that I wish I didn't know. 

On the whole I have had a happy and prosperous career; not bril- 
liant or tame. Have had a great variety of experiences from which 
when the garrulity of old age comes on, and the grandchildren 
appear, I shall be able to furnish material to constitute a very 
entertaining grandfather. Now tell me as much about all the 
other members of the class. I am interested in every one, wish I 
could see them all. I shall await with much interest your account 
of the meeting. 

Yours, &c, 

W. L. Jones. 



Lord : 

Has acquired wealth as a manufacturer of twine. Occupies a 
high position in his native town (Kennebunk), which he represent- 
ed in the Legislature of 1877 and 1878. 



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Mitchell writes : 

Spring Side Pottawatomie Co., j 
Kansas, Aug. 7, 1884. f 

Dear Cothren: 

I herein give the following particulars in regard to myself. 

From Bowdoin College I went immediately to Bangor, where I 
spent three years in the study of theology. My first field of mis- 
sionary labor was at West Gouldsborough, on Frenchman's Bay, on 
the coast of Maine ; there I spent ten months ; after that I spent 
three months at Swanville, near Bel fast, and six months at Mendon, 
Mass. In the fall of 1854 I was commissioned by the American 
Home Missionary Society at New York to labor in Iowa. I came 
to Salem, Henry Co., Iowa. There I became acquainted with a 
school teacher, Miss Emma Van Dyke, to whom I was joined in 
marriage in April, 1855. I have six children ; their ages are as 
follows : 28, 23, 21, 20, 16, 10. The oldest and the third daughter 
aged 20, are school teachers ; the second daughter aged 23, is mar- 
ried and has one child ; her husband is a merchant, so you see I am 
both parent and grandparent. My son, who has recently attained 
his majority, is a farmer and stock buyer. He, with the aid of his 
oldest sister, has purchased 120 acres of land in this county, thus 
providing a home for themselves and us ; the two youngest are yet 
at home with us and doing all they can to aid in promoting the 
interests of our family circle. A part of our missionary career has 
been spent in Illinois and Minnesota as well as in Iowa. But at 
the present time Kansas is our adopted home and we shall probably 
spend the remainder of our brief existence here. 

Your friend and classmate, 

A. R. Mitchell. 



Paine : 

Prof. Packard in his History, says ; " Paine was born in Sanford, 
August, 1821. He was much esteemed by his class and honored 
for his talents and character. Failure of health compelled him to 



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leave his studies in the spring term of his Senior year. He did not 
return, but his degree was given him with his class. His disease, 
which was of a pulmonary character, resisted the best medical skill. 
He spent the two following winters in Florida, and at last finding 
his strength rapidly failing, he left for his home ; but while waiting 
for a passage at Key West, died, February, 1851." 

AVilliamson furnishes the following : " In Prof. Packard's sketch 
the date and place of his birth are erroneously given. He was born 
August 12, 1828, not 1821, at Shapleigh, Me. His father lived at 
Shapleigh until 1836, when he removed to Springvale. The present 
address of Mrs. John I. Paine is Livermore, N. H. The remains 
of Paine were buried at Melrose, Mass., where Jackson, Deane, 
Emerson, Ten Broeck, Williamson and perhaps others of the class, 
erected a monument to his memory. I think that Deane and 
Jackson attended his funeral." 



Palmer : 

Graduated at Union College 1849. Became a Congregational 
minister and in 1868 was settled in Waverly, Iowa. Present resi- 
dence, G-orham, Me. 



Perkins : 

Entered the Theological Seminary, Bangor, Me., in the autumn 
of 1849; Principal of "Oxford Normal Institute " March, 1850, 
to May, 1851, when he returned to Bangor Sem.; taught a high 
school at Norridgewock in the autumn ; graduated at the Seminary 
Aug., 1853 ; gave the valedictory oration in Latin at commence- 
ment, 1852 ; licensed to preach, July 19, 1853 ; assistant teacher 
of Hebrew, in the Theological Seminary, Bangor, 1853-4 ; ordained 
as a Missionary of the A. B. C. F. M. to Turkey, at Farmington, 
Me., May 25, 1854 ; Prof. Ceo. Shepard, D. D., preaching the ser- 
mon; married July 17, 1854, to Miss Sarah E. Farrington, Brewer, 



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Me. ; sailed from Boston July 24th for Smyrna ; spent a few weeks 
in Constantinople, and the winter in Aintab (north of Aleppo), in 
the family of Rev. Benj. Schneider, D. D., learning the Turkish 
language ; occupied a new missionary station, Marash, May, 1855, to 
April, 1859, having Rev. A. G. Beebee and wife as associates during 
the greater part of these four years ; returned to America Jane, 
1859, on account of the failure of Mrs. Perkin's health ; resided 
in Farmington and in Brewer, Me. ; supplied the pulpit in Strong 
a few Sabbaths, 1859, and in Farmington 1860, and single Sabbaths 
in many places ; and, as assistant teacher of Hebrew, instructed 
two classes in the Theological Seminary, Bangor, April, 1860, to 
April, 1861 ; physician's counsel forbidding return to the former 
mission-field, pursued various branches of science in New Haven, 
Conn., May, 1861, to March, 1863, preparatory to work as " Pro- 
fessor of the Natural Sciences " in " Robert College of Constantino- 
ple ;" was made a member of the Connecticut Academy of Science; 
sailed for Constantinople via Liverpool, May, 1863 ; returned to 
America July 31, 1865, having been much reduced by five months' 
illness (inflammation of the lungs) ; I spent several months at the 
homes in Brewer and Farmington ; preached in South Paris, Me., 
a few Sabbaths, April to June, 1866. Finding strength insufficient 
for the work of the ministry, opened a " Family School for Boys " in 
G-orham, Me., Aug. 1866, which was continued till the autumn of 
1871 ; continued to reside in Gorham the following year, preaching 
there and elsewhere ; acting pastor of the Congregational Church 
in Pownal, Me., Dec, 1872, to Jan., 1875 ; in Lunenburg, Vt., 
Nov., 1875, to May, 1878 ; in Raymond, N. H., June, 1878, 
to March, 1880 ; in Salem, N. H., June, 1880, to April, 1883 ; in 
Harvard, Mass., since Jan. 1, 1884. 

Children : William Abbott Perkins was born in Brewer, Me., 
Nov. 26, 1861; entered Bowdoin College in 1879; took the 
Mathematical Prize Scholarship of $300, 18S1, and graduated at 
the head of his class in 1883. He has been teacher of mathe- 
matics in the Bath High School the past year. Herbert Farrington 
Perkins was born in Constantinople Oct. 18, 1864, graduated at 
Phillip's Academy, Andover, Mass., in 1883, and entered Yale 
College the same year ; Carroll Augustus Perkins was born in Gor- 
ham, Me., Nov. 17, 1870. 



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Richardson : 

He deyoted himself to commercial business in Boston, in the 
house of Page, Richardson & Co., brokers, etc. He married Anne, 
daughter of Henry McLellan, Esq. of Bath, and had four children. 
He had for a few years been successful, and was always held in high 
esteem in social life and as a Christian man, when seized suddenly 
and most sadly with disordered mental action. He was placed in 
the hospital in Somerville, Mass., where he still remains. 



Robinson : 

On leaving college he taught three years ; one year in the Acad- 
emy in Topsham, Maine, and two years in the classical department 
of North Yarmouth Academy, at Yarmouth, Maine. 

Having completed a course of study in the law office of Messrs. 
Willis & Fessenden in Portland, Maine, he was admitted to the bar 
in that City in 1854. 

Early in October of that year he removed to Illinois, and settled 
in the legal profession in Bloomington where he has since resided. 
August 23d, 1854, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, he married Marianne 
Greene. They have one child, a daughter, Florence N. Robin- 
son. 



Stanley : 

After graduating, taught school in Lafayette, Ky., then taught 
four or five years in San Antonio, Texas. Next taught in Bastrop, 
same State, in a military school, which by its charter '■' is constituted 
a college of the highest grade, clothed with university powers, and 
is placed under State supervision and inspection." He taught here 
during the war. He died of flux Oct. 23, 1868, at Chapel Hill, 
where he was teaching a young ladies' seminary. He had united 
with the Methodist Church — never married. 



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He came North several times while teaching in the South. In 
1860 he came to New York in the interest of Sam Houston as a 
candidate for the presidency, thinking that he might allay the 
storm that was then gathering between the North and the South. 



Ten Beoeck : 

William Cutter Ten Broeck was born January 14, 1829, at Port- 
land, where his father, Kev. Petrus Stuyvesant Ten Broeck, was 
then Sector of St. Paul's Church. 

He fitted for college at North Yarmouth Academy. He re- 
mained in our class through its course, but did not graduate. 

He studied law in the office of Fessenden & Deblois, in Port- 
land, and was admitted to the bar in 1854. 

He opened an office shortly afterwards in Portland, and was in 
practice there until his death, which occurred December 28th, 1865. 

He died very suddenly at the house of our classmate Jackson, 
after an illness of less than twenty-four hours, of diphtheria. 

He was a kind and affectionate brother and friend, and while 
somewhat peculiar in his tastes and habits, he was warmly attached 
to his classmates and interested in their welfare. 



Thompson : 

The only information that we have of him is that he was resident 
in Strafford, N. H., at the opening of the war. He was mustered 
into service September, 1862, for three years as sergeant in the 
Thirteenth New Hampshire Volunteers ; in 1863 was commissioned 
Second Lieutenant ; was wounded May, 1864. In July, in that 
year, was promoted first lieutenant, and was killed in action in 
September at Fort Harrison, Va. He was reported by his com- 
mander as a •' brave and meritorious officer," and as "enjoying the 
highest respect and love of his brother officers and comrades in 
arms." 



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Wakefield : 

Is in North Berwick, Maine, is engaged in mercantile pursuits, 
was a Senator from York Co. in 1880 and 1881. 



Wake : 

On leaving college lie taught school in Topsham two years, and 
then began the study of law in Brunswick ; prosecuted his studies 
in the office of Bronson & Sewall in Bath ; completed his course 
with John S. Abbott, Esq., in Norridgewock, and was admitted to 
the bar of Somerset County in 1853. He settled in North Anson 
where he has since continued in the practice of his profession. He 
has been supervisor of schools, and also Kegister of Probate several 
years. 



Wasson : 

Resides at West Medford, Mass., was successor to Theodore 
Parker on his death. He had to give up this position on account 
of weakness of his eyes. Has wielded a very able pen. 



Wells : 

Taught in N. Andover, Mass, one year, but disease of the brain 
afflicted him, resulting in a disordered mind, and at last in hope- 
less imbecility. 



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Williamson : 

After graduating entered immediately on legal study, was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1852, and engaged in the practice of his pro- 
fession in his native town where he still resides. Besides the calls 
of his profession he has given himself much to historical investiga- 
tions, especially relating to the earlier history of that portion of 
our State, in which he has shown peculiar aptitude for such in- 
quiries, the fruits of his labors having done credit to himself, his 
city and the State. In whatever relates to the early history of 
Maine he is regarded a prominent authority. He published in 1852 
"The Maine Eegister and State Eeference Book;" in 1870 "An 
Address at the Centennial Celebration of the Settlement of Bel- 
fast ;" " History of the City of Belfast to 1875," octavo, nine hun- 
dred and fifty-six pages. He has also been a frequent contributor 
to the collections of the Maine Historical Society, the Historical 
Magazine, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 
American Monthly, &c. He has been for several years on the 
standing and publishing committees of the Maine Historical Society 
and is an associate of the historical societies of Vermont, Buffalo, 
K". Y., Wisconsin, and Eoyal Historical Society of London. Wil- 
liamson was for seven years judge of the police court of his city. 

In 1857 he married at Bangor, Ada H., daughter of Waldo T. 
Peirce, who deceased March, 1872, leaving two daughters and a 
son [Freshman in Bowdoin College]. The foregoing is taken from 
the "History of Bowdoin College." 

Williamson himself says : " My life has been active, industrious 
and uneventful. A general law practice has occupied it for thirty- 
two years. For recreation I have engaged in historical pursuits. I 
have always resided in Belfast. 

In January, 1884, I was chosen Vice-President for Maine, of 
the New England Historic-Genealogical Society." 



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I hare in the foregoing pages placed in order the names of all 
who were ever connected with the class, whether they remained 
with us to the end or not. At our reunions all survivors have 
been invited, and I trust always will be. 

The early misfortunes which came upon our class have tended to 
strengthen the ties which unite us together, and it is the general 
opinion that there is a stronger fraternal feeling in the Class of '49 
than in any other that has graduated for the last 35 years at least. 

As we now enter upon a new cycle of years and a new journey, 
we may adopt the oft-repeated lines, " We advance a little further, 
grieved in heart, having lost so many of our dear companions, but 
rejoicing also that we ourselves have escaped destruction." 

Fraternally, 

N. COTHREN. 




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